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the wetland is a thriving environment that the homeowners have respected and driven on the dirt road but have not dug anything up and replaced it with outside vegetation or class five rather than the native soil that belongs there. Chair Wozniak asked if the proposed pathway then would not, essentially follow the current path taken by the homeowners. Mr. Anderson explained when looking at the map, he believed the proposal is to go right over those tracks, but he was not certain. The plan would still have to dig up what is there and replace it with class five rather than native soil and then cut back whatever vegetation is within the eight feet wide area Member Misra asked who is maintaining the road currently. Mr. Anderson indicated no one is maintaining it. The homeowners who use the road are making sure it does not fall into total disrepair. He believed someone mows it once a year. He noted the City does not plow it and he did not think the City mowed it. It was his understanding the homeowners have maintained that stretch to be able to get a truck through there. In the winter, the road is rarely used. Mr. Culver indicated staff needed to present a couple of more segments before the meeting is over for the Commission to give feedback on. Mr. David Booms, 300 South McCarron's Boulevard, explained he wanted to talk about Mr. Anderson's comments, specifically to access. The one photo he showed was a stairway leading down to South McCarron's was taken from his property. He indicated they are roughly 36 feet above the south McCarron's. He noted he has lived in the area since 1995 and that road, the alley way has been used by the residents routinely. The road is the most common way to get to their property. He explained his pontoon is parked in the back along with having a shed in the back. He stated they are also having some work done now with their roof as well as working on the deck and all of the materials being used are being brought up the back using the street pathway. He wanted to affirm that the residents do maintain the back area Member Cicha asked if putting in a pathway would limit access for the homeowners. He wondered what would stop the residents from using the pathway. Mr. Culver explained once this becomes a pathway then the primary user is the pedestrian or person on a bicycle and from a safety perspective the City cannot have that mix of traffic on a regular basis. If a person is using a pathway they are not expecting a car to be on the pathway. The City does have some rules about that, and the Parks Department actually does have some provisions for allowing occasional access via a pathway to a rear portion of an adjacent property owner's property for maintenance purposes or something like that, but there are rules, and the resident has to ask permission. This would not be an open access at that point Page 3 of 5